Displacement glass feeder



A ril 16, 1935., P. KUCERA DISPLACEMENT GLASS FEEDER Filed March 1, 1932 6 Sheets-Sheet l INVENTOR April 16, 1935. P. KUCERA DISPLACEMENT GLASS FEEDER 6 Sheets-Sheet 3 Filed March 1, 1932 [lflllllillll INVENTOR "Q" 2 m M; 2 mm M m; l m 1 mm in w t Qmm Hm hm .w 6.

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B1 SPLACEMENT GLAS S FEEDER Filed March' 1, 1932 6 Sheets-Sheet 5 FIG. .5.

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DISPLACEMENT GLASS FEEDER Filed March 1, 1952 6 Sheets-Sheet 6 INVENTOR Patented! A? 3 Eggs REl-SSUED nisritaoatmnr oases FEEDER Peter ihucera, lBlellevue, lia, assignor to Hartiord Empire Company, Hartford, Coma, a corporation of Delaware Application March l, i932, Serial No. 595,9il4l 15 Claims ((Cl. du -55) This invention relates to methods of and ap= ation of the feeder for imparting impulses to paratus for segregating glass for mold charges of the feeder bell, the impulses being produced predetermined weight and shape from a glass through a fluid pressure mechanism employing a mass of suitable physical and thermal characterisplunger, the-length of stroke, and the rate at which 5 tics, and it is among the objects thereof to provide successive strokes are imparted thereto, being reg- 5 apparatus for the purpose stated which shall ulated by adjusting mechanism which embodies embody adjusting means for the operating mecha difierential device. A glass cutting mechanism anism and which shall further be adapted for the or shear is provided below the feeder ring and is regulation of such adjusting means during the operated to sever the glass in predetermined relaio operation of the glass feeding apparatus. tion to the feeding of the glass through the im-- i A further object of the invention is the propulses imparted to the glass mass within the vision of apparatus of the alcove designated feeder boot, the shearing mechanisrn being adjustcharacter which shall maintain the segregated able through the controls rendered operative by mold charges or gobs of uniform shape and weight the actuating mechanism of the impulse producfor a maximum period of time consistent with the ing device. 15 control of the quality and thermal properties of Both the feeding mechanism and the shear the glass delivered by the melting tank, and which operating mechanism are adjustable independshall provide for the rapid adjustment of the ap ently to provide changing the rate of feed and paratus to compensate for any changes that are the shearing action to vary the length or weight deemed expedient or necessary to make. of the mold charges produced thereby, and this 20 Another object of the invention is the provision mechanism will now be described in detail with of glass feeding apparatus in which a hollow bell reference to the accompanying drawings conshaped member is submerged or partially suhstituting a part hereof in which like reference merged in the glass mass in register with the chraracters designate like parts and in which:

outlet orifice to impart impulses to the surface oi. Figure l is a vertical cross-sectional view of a 25 the glass and which shall be provided with assovvell shaped feeder boot and a hell shaped im ciated mechanisms for regulating or varying such pulse member embodying the principles of this impulses inaccordance with the shape and weight invention; I of the mold charges which it is desired to produce. Figure 2 is a front elevational view pa t a y in Another object of the invention is the provision section or" the feeder mechanism showing a part 30 or" means for producing an air bubble in the feed= oi the shear operating mechanism and adjusting bell for regulating the weight oi the gobs dis= able control mechanism; charged from the outlet orifice. Figure 3 is a side elevational view of the feeder Another object of the invention is the provision hoot, the impulse mechanism, and. the operating 0f s e e ulati g and adjusting means for and control mechanism, the latter being shown 35 the feeding cell by means oi which a balance or in section; pressures may he produced in said hell and which w fi S an n a d detail View Of the film? shall be adapted to maintain such balanced presp ss re d vice pl y for crea n iTQPYfiSG-S sure once the proper adjustment has lceen oh= t e e fi bell; 4Q tallied. 5 is bottom plan view of the hoot li still i'urtlierobject of the invention is the pro= lustrating the cut oii or shear mechanism. and vision. of means for adjusting the hell relative to showing the shear operating mechanism in see a Well provided alcove the outlet orifice or feeder tion; 1

whereby the glass flow to the hell and from F gore 6 is a top plan view or? the feeder hoot e latter to the outlet orifice is partially C911 nd new channel; o d. l a side elevational view of the iy, invention consists of a glass e operating mechanism; trough with glass end 'eleva onal view of the and t. ederhoo i trel mechanism; 5o e not be" a view the shear operating mg a tee v or djschar and slide there ticai alinemer':

*ing vertically rel in cross section oi e to the well the flow. l /ieciia d fluid cylinder of ti isle is provided to adjustable during the oper feeding With reference to Figure l of the drawings, the structure therein illustrated comprises a boot generally designated by the reference character I, the end of which terminates in a well 2 having an opening 3 below which an orifice ring 4 is secured by' clamping moans generally designated at 5 which attaches to a metallic casting 6 that surrounds the boot to protect the refractory material and to provide an air space to reduce the loss of heat by radiation and maintain the glass within the well at proper working temperature. A cover 1 is provided to form a closure in which the glass is retained and the cover is provided with an opening 8 through which is disposed the shank 9 of a bell l0 constructed of refractory material, the bell shaped portion of which is adapted to be submerged in the glass mass in the well 2.

The bell member H) is hollow having a relatively large cavity H which terminates in a more constricted cavity |2 in which is disposed a metallic rod |3 having a shoulder at the lower end thereof for supporting the bell ID, the rod being provided with an orifice l5 which communicates with a conduit as hereinafter explained. The refractory hell or the shank 9 thereof is also supported by a bracket l6 which is fastened to the rod l3 by means of a nut that interacts with the threaded end |8 of the supporting rod I3.

In Figures 3 and 4 the bell supporting bracket I6 is shown mounted on a slide bracket l9 which operates in guideway 28 by manipulation of an adjusting screw nut 2| by means of which the mouth of the bell I0 is adjusted vertically with respect to the well 2. Bracket |6 is provided with adjusting screws 22 by means of which it is angularly adjustable to aline the bell I0 with the outlet orifice 3 of the boot.

The top of the bell is connected by a conduit 23 to a cylinder 24, Figure 4, and a valve 25 is interposed in the line, Figure 6, to control an opening to the atmosphere when the pulsating mechanism is operative at the beginning of the feeding operation and it is desired to disconnect the feeding bell. The cylinder 24 is connected to or integrally joined with a piston cylinder 28 in which a plunger 21 is operatively disposed, the plungerbeing connected by a link 28 to an oscillating bar generally designated at 29, the bar being pivoted at 30 to subject it to oscillating movement.

On the bar 29 are a pair of slide brackets 3| and 32 which are actuated by screws 33 and 34 respectively, the screws being provided with hand wheels 35 to rotate them and are disposed in journals 36 whereby upon rotation of the wheels 35 the brackets 3| and 32 slide on the arm 29 to positions determined by the calibration or markings 31.

Slide brackets 3| and 32 are pivotally connected to links 38 and 38 respectively which through jointed connections connect to slide rods 38 and 39' which are provided with cam followers 40 that engage the outer faces of cams 4| and 42.

The connecting rod 38 is disposed within a hollow coupling sleeve 43 that is pivoted to the slide rod 38 at 44. A coil spring 45 is interposed between the top sleeve 43 and adjustable screw nuts 46 on the threaded portion of the rod 38 whereby the compression of spring 45 may be varied.

Connecting rod 39 is provided with a threaded portion 41 which interacts with the interior thread of a sleeve 48, the latter having a hand wheel 49 by means of which it is subjected to angular movement. The sleeve 48 is similarly connected by a thread to a stud 50 which is pivoted at 5| to the slide rod'38'.

The can 42 is keyed to a counter-shaft 52 adapted to be actuated by a motor or any suitable prime mover through the worm and gear drive 53 and 54 respectively. The worm gear 54 is provided with a bevel gear 55 that is rotatable therewith and the teeth of the bevel gear interact with the teeth of a bevelg'ear 56 that constitutes a planetary gear journalled for rotation on a worm gear segment 51 the teeth of which interact with a worm 58 which is manually operated by a hand wheel (not shown). Cam 4| is provided with a hub extension 59 terminating in a bevel gear 60 which cooperates with the teeth of the planetary gear 56 to render the cam 4| angularly movable to vary its position relative to cam 42, it being understood that cams 4| and 42 rotate in opposite directions by their connection with the differential gear mechanism.

The shear and shear operating mechanism will now be described in connection with Figures 3 and 5 of the drawings: Referring to Figure 5, the shear comprises a pair of cutting blades 6| and 62 which are adapted to overlap and which are secured to the arms 63 of a toggle member pivoted at 64, the members 63 being also pivoted at 65 around which they are subjected to angular movement by the reciprocating movement of a rod 66. Adjustment of the shear blade may be made by the hand wheel 61 to set the blades to center the shear blades in line with the center of the discharge orifice. The rod 66 is actuated by a bar 68 which carries rollers 68 that engage a cam 10 journalled on the counter-shaft 52 and this cam is adjustable angularly with respect to cams 4| and 42 through the differential gear mechanism generally designated by the reference character H and which is controlled by a hand operated worm 12 shown in Figure 3.

In Figure 7, the shear mechanism is shown in side elevation to illustrate the connection of the rod 66 with the slide bar 68 through levers 13 and 14 which are pivoted at 15 to an upright 16 of the casing 11 that housm the operating mechanism. The connection of levers I3 and I4 is more clearly illustrated in Figure 2 of the drawings in which the lever 14 is shown as provided with an off-set portion 18 having adjusting screws 19 and 80 and having a coil spring 8| disposed between one of the adjusting screws and the lever 13, to provide for lost motion and adjustment, the purpose of the device '18 being to permit movement of the lever 14 in response to the actuating bar 68 without placing any strain on the shears in the event they would meet a hard obstacle in the glass. Further safety means are provided through the latch 82 which when tripped throws the abutment 83 out of alinement to permit free movement of lever 14 to move it out of contact with the actuating bar 68.

With reference to Figure 4 of the drawings, the plunger 21 is shown as partially immersed in a fluid 85 such as glycerine or oil, the fluid also filling an enlarged portion 86 at the upper end of the cylinder 26 to prevent air leakage between the relatively loose fitting plunger 21 and the cylinder 26. A vertical passage 81 is connected by port 88 with the enlarged end of cylinder 26 and communicates at its lower end with crosspassage'BS extending from cylinder 24. to the cylinder 26, and a ball valve 30 is provided to til level. of the gloss hell cavity little oovgvoo control the flow of fluid in psssee'e til, the hell losing normally seated lay o. coil spring ill which is adjusted by screw til.

Disposed within cylinder 26 is o fioot hov inc o valve to thotcoiiti'ols the passage ieecl= ing to conduit lit, the valve t l functioning as o check valve to keep oil from being forced into the conduit it, however, in operotioo, the oil or fluid 335 in the cylinder ever lifts the float to its upper position any further displacement by the plunger ll causes the liquid to flow through the vertical passage til into the enlargement it of cylimier 26 which acts es en overflow reservoir as well as e sealing means for plunger A modification of cylinder 2 3 is shown in Fig. lo

0i the drawings in which e, valveto is provided! the valve losing edjostahle to very volume of into the fluid. chomhei the sol ecoehtlv displecetl by the fivelel through con e operation. of the shove described ogo oerstiis EiS follows: As previously stoteii, the 1 ill is submerged Within the gloss with the oi the velve spececl relation the i the well the ehseiice the shell oi positive p esswre to the cavity of gloss will i the hell covity to the level see pool, this slice-tee. by the heed e oi the glass the hoot.

ose oi misting; the Weight oi the item the orifice 3. it essorv to control height of the gloss the orifice ring to o, certoiii ciistohce WI cavity shot for te reason it is hecesseiv to li'lhls' provision for the of s Ii of the piston it through the medium of the oldjustahle control mechanism described, these pulsations can he mode to produce any tiesiicol shops of solo. Ev adjusting the hell through the mechanism. ill. the distance between the lower edge of the hell email the well of the well may he varied to control the size or weight of solo, and this control is, obviously, indepemient of the mechanism for controlling the shape oi. solo.

Under ordinary conditions oi operotioo the steel of the spsce between the lower end lilo oi the hell ill and the wall 2 of the well should he slight iv less than the area oi the clischorge orifice oi the orifice ring t. The how of the gloss from the main batch toward the discharge orifice may be varied by adjusting the height of the hell with respect to the well of the well to very the ores oi the some therehetweeh relative to the ores o l the outlet orifice resulting in change of weigh oi the solo.

The orifice ring 1 is removable to permit rings of different sizes to he employed for feeding gobs having a Wide rouge of weights.

in ordinary operation of the feeder, the valve tilt will not usually he employed. It will be ap-= parent that the hotly of air in the air cylinder and the conduit is sealed against leakage by the molten glass at one end end by the oil at the other. However, shoolol shy leakage occur, such leclsege can compensated for by opening-the valve 13 just su ficient to permit enough sir to he drawn into the cylinder on the suction stroke to compensate lot that lost through leakage. It shoolai he noteel that the air is drawn into the cylinder through the velve only upon the suetioo stroke of the essocieteti piston. Except for this operation, the velve ills is not employed. ex= cegot in origins-lily the all cylinder when the feeder is first started up.

The stroke and cit-veil oi plunger 27! are seen. iehle through the operating mechanism shown in ire off the drawings to control the shape of the goo es follows.

The stroite of piston ill may he vsiiecl by sid lusting the length the cosmetics oi the oscihetihg arm with the surface of com 32, this adjustment motile by rotation of the screw sleeve through manipulation of the hand wheel odiiistmeht can he obtained by displacing the slide hmckets soil by means of the screws cool heirs wheels ti l one.

coco. 32 govems the clovm stroke of pistol: ch is the movement that impacts the hi to the gloss within the hell cavity cool e.

the plunger or piston this being the impii so that the gloss to allow into the hell cavity. The dweh essential to the gloss flow from the orifice to motloce o sch of prope shape is regulated through the dlfiereotiel gee-1* toy mohipiilctioii oi? the Worm whereby is ehgulerly displaced relative to control the period which the up stroke of the plmigei" begins.

functions to o stickies impulse to the plunger at the beginning oi the tip stroke which produces e constriction ill heels in the gloss gob the place the sheets engage e cl sever the some. Spring is else functions as s cushioning between the oi the oscillating hot The sheer mechehlsm is operative through the ill which is toteteil by the counter-shaft soil the operotion oi the shears rhev lee synchrohisecl with the impulse mechanism through the difierentiol gear mechanism it to obtain a, positive ehgoloi: displacement of the respective cams, such adjustment loelog commonly termed phase chehghog which, however, in the pveseht mecholJiShi is efiectwl through Tooth the adjustment of the feeding impulses and the slices-log mechanism each of which having independent regulation with respect to the other.

The adjusting mechanism for the stroke of plunger 2? and the sheer mechanism is positive ehol reliolole omi on this occolmt the movable elements such as pioneers and and bracket ill may be adjusted according to calibrations provided thereon as shown in Figure 3 of the showings so that once o particular setting has been obtained for producing as, given shape and weight of solo, the setting con he reproduced at will by promo menlpuletioh oi the adjusting means.

In Figure 3 is shown a valve box A which is provided with conduits B and C which connect to a source of fiuid pressure and to the timer of the ware forming machine. A slide valve D controls the pressure to the timer mechanism and this valve is operated by cam 10 to control the mold movements in relation to the operation of the feeder and shears.

By sealing the plunger 21 with the fluid 85 as hereinbefore explained, leakage of air is entirely eliminated and the plunger will deliver a uniform impulse on both the suction and pressure stroke to maintain uniformity of the segregated mold charges or gobs.

Also, by employing the seal above the plunger, an unusual large clearance may be maintained between the plunger 21 and the wall of cylinder 26 thereby eliminating all friction in the impulse mechanism.

This would not be so important when the weight of the gob is controlled through the utilization of valve I02, but when the weight control is effected with the type of impulse mechanism illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings wherein the head pressure of the glass above the orifice ring is dependent upon the relative areas of the orifice opening, and the space between the bell and walls of the well, the sealing of the impulse mechanism is absolutely essential as any leakage would produce variation in the weight of the gob.

It is evident from the foregoing description of the glass feeding mechanism herein disclosed that a large range of sizes of the gob produced thereby may be effectively obtained by a few simple adjustments which require no particular skill on the part of the operator and which can be readily effected without interrupting the operation of the feeder.'

Also, by means of the differential adjusting mechanism and its connected linkage the speed of the plunger, the dwells, and the length of stroke can be readily varied to effect the desired shape of the gob without interrupting the operating mechanism and by employing the mechanical operating means and adjustment herein described, the control is positive, and once the operating mechanism has been set to produce a gob of desired shape and weight, it can be constantly maintained for any desired period so long as the thermal and physical characteristics of the glass delivered to the boot remains constant.

I claim as my invention:

1. Apparatus for segregating mold charges of regulable weight and shape from a mass of molten glass comprising a feeder boot having a well .in the extended end thereof terminating in a discharge orifice, a feeding bell in alinement with said orifice, impulse producing mechanism communicating with said bell for producing impulses of the glass within said well and bell, said mechanism comprising a cylinder, a body of neutral liquid therein, a conduit connecting said cylinder with said bell for confining a column of air between said liquid and the glass in said bell, a plunger acting upon the neutral liquid in said cylinder to produce impulses which are transmitted by said column of air to the glass in said feeding bell, and adjustable means for producing and maintaining a given volume of air in the cavity of said bell whereby the volume of the glass admitted to the bell cavity is positively controlled.

2. Apparatus for segregating mold charges of regulable weight and shape from a mass of glass comprising a well having a discharge orifice at the bottom thereof, a feeding bell in' vertical alinement with said discharge orifice, an impulse mechanism having a conduit connection with the top of the feeding bell, said impulse mechanism comprising a plurality of communicating fluid cylinders having a body of neutral fluid therein and having a plunger disposed in one of said cylinders, said impulse mechanism having the conduit leading to the feeding bell coimected to the other of said cylinders for confining an air column between the neutral fluid and the glass in the bell, and means for maintaining a liquid seal around said plunger.

3. Apparatus for segregating mold charges of regulable weight and shape from a mass of molten glass comprising a well for receiving molten glass from a continuous supply source, said well having a discharge orifice at the bottom thereof, a feeding bell in vertical alinement with said orifice, the mouth of the bell being submerged below the level of the glass, an impulse mechanism having conduit connections with the top of the feeding bell, means for adjusting the height of the bell relative to the wall of the well, said impulse mechanism comprising a plurality of communicating cylinders containing a neutral liquid, one of said cylinders being connected with the feeding bell through said conduit, and the other of said cylinders having a plunger disposed for reciprocating movement therein, means for bypassing part of the liquid from the first of said cylinders to the top portion of the second cylinder to produce a liquid seal, and means for bleeding air into the liquid in said first cylinder on the suction stroke of said plunger whereby to build up the desired body of air in the feeding bell.

4. Apparatus for segregating mold charges of regulable weight and shape from a mass of molten glass comprising a feeder boot having a well for receiving glass and having a discharge orifice at the bottom thereof, a feeding bell in vertical alinement with said well, impulse mechanism having a conduit connection with the top of the feeding bell, said impulse mechanism comprising a plurality of communicating cylinders containing a neutral liquid, one of which is connected by said conduit to the feeding bell, and the other of which is provided with a reciprocating plunger, the plunger cylinder being provided with an enlargement at the top thereof which communicates through a passage with a passage connecting said cylinders to constitute an overflow chamber for the liquid in one of said cylinders, and the other of said cylinders being provided with a valve at the bottom thereof, the valve being sealed against the escape of fluid from these cylinders, and being adapted to bleed in a regulable quantity of air into the liquid on the suction stroke of the plunger when desired,

5. The combination in a machine for feeding mold charges of molten glass comprising a container for molten glass having a discharge orifice, a body of air contacting with a portion only of the glass in said container, means for bodily displacing the air toward and from said orifice to shape the glass delivered therefrom, and liquid sealing means for maintaining the quantity of air in said body substantially constant.

6. The combination in a machine for feeding mold charges of molten glass comprising a container for molten glass having a discharge orifice, a feeding bell having its mouth submerged in the glass adjacent said orifice, an air cylinder, a piston associated with said cylinder, and a conbil nection of relatively small diameter between said cylinder and said bell, and a liquid seal for the air in said cylinder.

7. In a glass feeder, the combination with a container for molten glass having a submerged discharge outlet and a hollow refractory member depending into the glass in substantially axial alignment with the outlet, of an air compressing and rarefying mechanism operatively connected with the interior of said hollow refractory member for periodically applying each of a plurality of different pneumatic impulses to the glass over the outlet, said air compressing and rarefying mechanism including a vertically reciprocable member operable to cause said impulses on the glass, means for reciprocating said reciprocable member, a lever adjacent to said air compressing and rarefying mechanism, connections between the lever and said reciprocable member of such character that oscillation of the lever will recip= rocate said member, earn-actuated means for swinging the lever in one direction to move the reciprocable member upward, other cam-actu= ated means for swinging the lever in the opposite direction to move the reciprocable member down ward, one of said earn-actuated means including a lost motion device.

8. in a glass feeder, the combination with a container for molten glass having a submerged discharge outlet and a hollow refractory member depending into the glass in substantially axial alignment with the outlet, of an air compressing rareiying mechanism operatively connected. with the nterior of said hollow reiractory mean her for periodically applying each of a plurality oi different pneumatic impulses to the glass over the outlet, said air compressing and rareiying niec" nism including a vertically reciprccable .nieniber operable to cause said impulses on the glass, means for reciprocating said reciprocable member, a lever adjacent to said air compressing and rarefying nieol'ianism, connections between the lever and said reciprocable member of such character that oscillation of the lever will re ciprocate said member, cannactnated means for swinging the lever in one direction to move the reciprocable ineniber upward, other cam-actuated means for swinging the lever in the opposite di rection to move the reciprocable member downward, one of said cam actuated means including a lost motion device and a spring interposed between relatively movable parts of said lost motion device, the other of said cam-actuated means being adjustable to vary the operation of said re ciprocable member in response to the operation of said camactuated means.

ii. In a glass feeder, the combination with a container for molten glass, said container having a submerged discharge outlet and a hollow refractory implement depending into the glass in the container in substantially axial alignment with the outlet, oi an air compressing and rare= lying device operatively connected to the interior oi said hollow implement, said air compressing and rareiying device including a reciprocable member operable to cause periodic discharge ac celerating pneumatic impulses and periodic discharge retarding impulses upon the glass above the outlet, a lever adjacent to said air compressing and rarefying device, connections between said lever and said reciprocable implement of such character that oscillation of the lever will reciprocate the implement, a rotating cam, a connecting rod mechanism pivotally connected at one end with said lever and operable by said cam to swing the lever in one direction, a second rotating cam and a second connecting rod mechanism pivotally connected at one end to said lever and operable by the second cam to swing the lever in the opposite direction, and means for effecting a phase change between the cycle of rotation of one of said cams with respect to the cycle of rotation of the other cam.

10. In a glass feeder, the combination with a container for molten glass, said container having a submerged discharge outlet, and a hollow refractory implement depending into the glass in the container in substantially axial alignment with the outlet, of an air compressing and rare- :fying device operatively connected to the interior of said hollow implement, said air compressing and rarefying device including a reciprocable member operable to cause periodic discharge accelerating pneumatic impulses and periodic discharge retarding impulses upon the glass above the outlet, a lever adjacent to said air compressing and rarefying device, connections between said lever and said reciprocable implement of such character that oscillation of the lever will eciprocate the implement, a rotating cam, a connesting rod mechanism pivotally connected at one end with said lever and operable by said cam to swing the lever in one direction, a second rotating earn and second connecting rod mechanisni pivotally connected at one end to said lever and operable by the second cam to swing the lever in the opposite direction, and means for independently adjusting the points of pivotal connection between said connecting rod mecha-= nisins and said lever. I

ii. in glass feeding mechanism, the combination with a container for molten glass, said container having a submerged discharge outlet, and a hollow refractory implement depending into the glass in the container in substantially axial alignment with the outlet, of a chamber adjacent to said glass container, said chamber having an. outlet at its top and an inlet adjacent to its bottom and having substmtially leak-proof walls, a second chamber having a connection ad-= jacent to its lower end with the inlet of said first cl'ianiber, a body of liquid partially filling said chambers and extending in each above the level of the inlet of the first chamber, a conduit connected with the outlet in said first chamber and with said hollow refractory implement to maintain confined body of air between the liquid in the first chamber and the glass at the lower end of the interior of said hollow imple ment, and means for moving said body of liquid in said communicating chambers periodically to compress and periodically to rarely the body of airbetween said body of liquid and the glass above the outlet.

12. in glass feeding mechanism, the combination with a container for molten glass having a submerged discharge outlet and a hollow refractory implement depending into the glass in the container in substantially axial alignment with the outlet, of an air compressing and rarefy'mg device comprising a cylinder, a liquid and a piston reciprocating therein, and means oper; atively connecting said cylinder with said hol low refractory implement to maintain a confined body of air between said liquid and the glass at the lower end of said hollow implement and means for reciprocating said piston so that said body of air will be periodically compressed and periodically rarefied.

13. Apparatus for segregating mold charges of regulable weight and shape from a mass of molten glass, comprising a flow channel having an outlet orifice, a feeding bell in vertical alignment with said orifice, an impulse mechanism having a conduit connection with said bell and including a member reciprocable to cause both periodic superatmospheric impulses and periodic sub-atmospheric impulses on the glass in the feeding bell, mechanism for operating said reciprocable member comprising a cam operated bar, means for adjustably regulating the movement of the said bar to vary the length of stroke of said reciprocable member and means for regulably controlling the operation of said bar to vary the duration of a dwell of the reciprocable member independently of a change of speed of the reciprocatory movements of said member.

14. Glass feeding mechanism comprising a container for molten glass having a submerged outlet, means for directing periodic pneumatic pressure and vacuum impulses to the glass above the outlet and an air compressing and rarefying device comprising a container for liquid connected to said directing means above the level of the liquid, a liquid in said container, and

means for periodically raising the level of the liquid. to create pressure impulses on the glass above the outlet and to lower the level of the liquid to create a partial vacuum above the glass over the outlet.

15. Glass feeding apparatus, comprising a container for molten glass, said container having a discharge outlet submerged by the glass therein, a hollow refractory implement depending into the glass in the container in substantially axial alignment with the discharge outlet, an impulse mechanism having a liquid chamber, a. liquid therein, a conduit connecting said hollow refractory implement with said liquid chamber at a level above the liquid in said chamber for confining a column of air between said liquid and the glass at the lower end of said hollow refractory implement, and mechanism for efiecting reciprocatory movements of liquid in said liquid chamber for alternately compressing and rarefying said column of air so as periodically to exert extrusive impulses and retractive impulses on the glass at said discharge outlet.

PETER KUCERA. 

